{"id":127522,"date":"2025-11-10T09:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=127522"},"modified":"2025-11-10T09:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:51:33","slug":"dr-byrareddy-receives-scientist-laureate-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/11\/10\/dr-byrareddy-receives-scientist-laureate-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Byrareddy named 20th Scientist Laureate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ken Bayles, PhD, UNMC vice chancellor of research, congratulated Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD, who was recognized recently at UNMC\u2019s annual research awards as the 20th<\/sup> Scientist Laureate in UNMC\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Singer Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and vice chair for research in the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Dr. Byrareddy currently researches HIV pathobiology and cure strategies, substance abuse, gut-brain connections and CAR-T cell targeted immunotherapy. He also has worked on HIV and AIDS, SARS-CoV-2, also known as COVID-19, and other emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, such as Dengue, Zika and M-pox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read a profile of Dr. Byrareddy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis research is actively translating discoveries made in pre-clinical models into new therapies for patients,\u201d Dr. Bayles said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Nov. 6 awards ceremony, Dr. Byrareddy thanked Dr. Bayles and UNMC leadership, adding that he was especially happy to see his mentee, Arpan Archarya, PhD, honored as a New Investigator at the same ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See a slideshow from the event.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said he was thankful to be a part of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience and called out his three main UNMC collaborators, Shilpa Buch, PhD, Howard Gendelman, MD, and Benson Edagwa, PhD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to really thank all my students (too),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFinally, what I’ve most enjoyed doing is team science, and I\u2019ve collaborated with a large number of people,\u201d he said, pointing to collaborators not only at UNMC but across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his presentation, Dr. Byrareddy spoke about his life and career, pointing out that he had no family in the United States but was grateful to have so many friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’m thankful for everyone, for all the opportunity and work here,\u201d he said. \u201cThank you for selecting me this year for the laureate award.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, the UNMC College of Medicine was well-represented at the annual research event. Other college of medicine awardees at the 2025 event included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Investigators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n